Lead Python Developer

About the role

BLN24 is an award-winning Management Consulting Firm that supports the U.S. Federal Government in successfully achieving their mission and goals. Our service and solutions delivery start with understanding each client’s end-state, and then seamlessly integrating within each Agency’s organization to improve and enhance strategic and technical operations and deployments.

Location: McLean, VA

BLN24 is seeking a Lead Python Developer to support CFPB's RegTech BPA program by architecting and leading development of scalable, cloud-native, public-facing solutions. This role requires extensive experience designing API-driven, fault-tolerant, distributed systems in Python, hands-on expertise with Kubernetes and AWS-native serverless services, and demonstrated leadership of remote, cross-functional development teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead developer and technical authority for a cross-functional team of remote developers
• Architect API-driven, fault-tolerant, distributed, cloud-native solutions
• Develop, deploy, and troubleshoot Python-based containerized and serverless applications using Kubernetes and AWS-native services
• Design and implement performant REST APIs using modern Python frameworks
• Build Python-based libraries and services with high unit and integration test coverage
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for linting, testing, scanning, packaging, and deploying Python services
• Design PostgreSQL databases optimized for high-volume data ingestion and analytics, integrated with Python services
• Build Python-based ETL pipelines and provision AWS resources using Infrastructure as Code
• Integrate applications with web-based identity management and verification services
• Manage open-source codebases and public-facing releases using GitHub for source control and planning

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience architecting scalable solutions, including API-driven, fault-tolerant, distributed, cloud-native solutions
• Solid understanding of system design, with specific experience developing, deploying, and troubleshooting Python-based containerized and serverless applications in a highly elastic architecture using Kubernetes and AWS-native services
• Experience leading